Partner/Principal Resume Example

Responsible for the delivery of consulting services focused on industrial and life science / medical device product companies. I have led large global transformation projects enabled by software implementation and helped companies evolve into process focused organizations.  I successfully built a strong robust consulting focus in the medical device industry. 

• Led the implementation of SAP at the largest global medical technology device company.  I sold and delivered the program and was with the client full time for 5 years and part time after that for another 3 years. I was accountable to the client for the delivery of a validated system and any newly designed processes to the different regions and businesses.  
• Working with this client for 8 years, I built a reputation for strong delivery and quality team performance.  I led an SAP team of global professionals (client and IBM) that peaked at 480 team members coordinating and blending work from US, Europe, Asia and multiple delivery centers in India, China and Brazil.
• Led a global team of professionals in an SAP implementation for a fortune 500 company.  Included in the implementation was the complete replacement of the technical infrastructure and a transfer to different hardware architecture
• Engagement partner in the reengineering effort of the sales and operation planning function of a fortune 25 company.  Organized the sales, marketing, logistics, manufacturing and finance organizations to work through the process changes that needed to be implemented in support of the cost savings goal.

Led the transformation of the global supply chain function.  Had direct responsibility for inventory and production planning process, warehousing, transportation and customer service departments. 

• Responsible for the evolution of the process changes and work linkage necessary to support the implementation of a new planning system. 
• Set up the global organization and work process definitions that are critical for sustaining the changes and creating the environment for process improvement and a higher level of communication. 

• Worked to develop skills and hire talent in the new organization through structured review of the associates. 
• Developed metrics and agreed upon definitions to reinforce strategic direction and develop consistency of purpose across the supply chain function. 

• Initiated stronger linkage between planning and manufacturing in order to facilitate manufacturing evolution into a more flexible and responsive entity
• Introduced total cost supply chain understanding into the manufacturing and logistics decision making around inventory build and customer service
• Set up the inventory reduction process team to review current inventory levels and establish the process for setting targets, develop the plan of attack, generating reductions and monitor and measure results
  

Responsible for leading projects along with developing the staff assigned to me as a manager and to me as a project manager.  I balanced the metrics of good client delivery along with contribution to the firm in the form of intellectual capital creation and people development goals. 

• Engagement leader of a large scale, SAP project for an international medical equipment manufacturer and distributor.  The project linked the customer side of the supply chain in the US with the manufacturing plants in Germany.  
• Led many reengineering projects in the logistics and supply chain area where optimized results allowed for significant saving in the company.  
• Led a wide range of projects in corporate logistics on network analysis